Competition Classes

Novice Classes

Novice Drill

Duration: On-goingCost: $10 nonmembers/$8 members
No need to pre-register – this is a drop in class opportunity.

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Novice Prep School

Class Description: The Novice Prep class is important, because it is the foundation for the higher levels and gives the handler the opportunity to work with their dog in a show ring setting. Dogs should learn to be confident, steady, and motivated workers. This class will include working with Rally signs, motivated heel exercises including: the figure 8, learning to get attention from your dog even when distracted, fun recalls, fronts, a steady confident sit with exam, the sit stay while you walk around the ring, and the recall from approximately 25 feet away.

Prerequisites: To participate in this class, dogs must have taken basic and intermediate classes and/or Rally Novice classes. You do not have to have a title. What to bring:Come to class with plenty of training treats and the motivation to have fun!

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Novice

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Open Classes

Open IV / Pre Utility

Description In this class the Instructor will help students with handling, proofing and training issues making sure each student is clear on all the open level exercises and what they need to do training wise to have the best performance they can. Students will be working at their level of training for the proofing process. Throughout the duration of this class the Instructor will introduce fun and exciting ways to start some of the Utility level exercises.

Prerequisite: Dogs should be familiar with all the Open level exercises. Dogs and handlers do not need to be familiar with the Utility level exercises. No titles required.What to Bring: Bring your happy eager to learn dog, along with a short heel leash, collar tab, dumbbell, tug toy, clicker, assorted treats, jackpot jar and two targets (plastic lids).Starts: Thursday, 4/18/2019 @ 5:00 PM.Instructor: Peggy DeMinicoDuration: 6 weeks

Cost: $129 (20% discount for members who worked 20 volunteers hours within the last 12 months)

CO OPEN PRE TRIAL PREP / BEGINNER UTILITY

Description In this class students will learn to do all the open exercises in a complete format so they can navigate through a trial run through smoothly and know how to move from one exercise to the next and keep their dogs focused and on task. Those dogs that are not quite ready for a trial run in all the open exercises will continue to practice with instruction for as long as they need to do the total exercises.
Students will continue to learn the very beginning of the Utility exercises by breaking down parts of each exercise to make it simplified for students and their dogs. This format will be used throughout the duration of the utility level classes as we move forward.

Prerequisite: Dogs and handlers should be familiar with all the open level exercises. Dogs and handlers do not need to be familiar with the utility level exercises. No titles required.What to Bring: Bring your happy eager to learn dogs, along with a short heel leash, collar tab, dumbbell, tug toy, clicker, utility scent articles, gloves, targets, assorted treats, jackpot jar.Starts: Thursday, 6/6/19 @ 5:00 PM No class 7/4/19Instructor: Peggy DeMinicoDuration: 6 weeks

Cost: $129 (20% discount for members who worked 20 volunteers hours within the last 12 months)